Philip Roth’s Humor In The Ghost Writer

Philip Roth is one of the most outstanding novelists in contemporary America,The Ghost Writer as the first one of “Zuckerman” series, is one of his representative works,which is usually regarded as the writer`s transition from realism to modernism.As is known to all, Roth is good at using humor, his artistic style is considered to be “sheer playfulness and deadly seriousness”.I want to take the article The Ghost Writer as an example to analyze the humorous art of Philip Roth, find the serious social and racial issues writers thinking of behind humor, and explore the differences and relations between Philip Roth`s humor and the Jewish humor,black humor.Paper is divided into several parts:The introduction part: on one hand, organize the domestic and foreign research related to Philip Roth especially Roth`s humor;On the other hand,make a brief introduce to the significance of selected topic and the research mentality.Body parts: is divided into four chapters. the first three chapters, respectively from the humorous words, humorous character and status and narrative strategy in the role of humor discuss how Roth in the book The Ghost Writer shows the art of humor glamour;Last chapter combines Roth’s other works and Jewish humor, black humor and the reality of American society,Analysis the Roth’s humor’s characteristics and realistic significance.Conclusion part: it is pointed out that Roth is not only a master of humor,but also with humorous tone, shows abundant Jewish world after the second world war the and the world of social picture, expresses deep thinking of many serious moral and social issues.He inherited the Jewish humor humor tradition, affected by the American black humor, shows the unique connotation.